Thread by @tylerblack32

THREAD: #meded #medtwitter

I'm a #Psychiatrist. These are my most common activities:

* discussing stress & ways to handle it
* helping families find common ground
* talking about people's lives, and learning about them
* hearing & helping kids who have been hurt

Missing:

Of course I do prescribe medication, and when I do, I do a damned good job of it. Informed consent (Risks, benefits, alternatives, start/stop issues). Many times, I remove medications that were inappropriately started, or change to safer ones.

Other activities that I do far more commonly than prescribe medication:

* teach medical students, patients, and families
* email and call patients or familes
* administrate a hospital unit
* MEETINGS (patient-centered, YAY!)
* SO MANY MEETINGS (policy-centered, zzzzz)

* talk with kids about video games
* work on my writing
* prepare/book/perform presentations:
- suicide risk assessment
- video games and kids/violence
- mental status exam
- pseudoscience in psychiatry
* READ NEW SCIENCE

So, it'd be really nice if I wasn't accused of being a "pill pusher" or be told that I "don't do therapy" or that I'm "bought by pharma" or that my "profession isn't helpful" or that I'm "evil", thanks!

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